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- Mystery of world's worst mass poisoning solved (24 comments)
- Britain's new Internet law -- as bad as everyone's been saying, and worse. Much, much worse. (16 comments)
- Hurricane Katrina victims win damages over flooding (71 comments)
- It Doesn't Matter if a Republican or Democrat is in Office, the Hustle Remains the Same (16 comments)
- Ice Age took just SIX months to arrive... not 10 years (27 comments)
Stop the Calderon Dolphin Slaughter in Denmark
Seeded on Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:25 PM EST (The Petition Site)
Please join me in condemning this brutal, horrific activity in the Faroes. The link is to an online petition.
Britain's new Internet law -- as bad as everyone's been saying, and worse. Much, much worse.
Seeded on Sun Nov 22, 2009 5:11 AM EST (Boing Boing)
The British government has brought down its long-awaited Digital Economy Bill, and it's perfectly useless and terrible.
NORAD may ground costly 9/11 air defense system
Seeded on Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:55 AM EST (Raw Story)
The government is to review an air defense system established after the September 11, 2001 attacks to determine whether the costly program is still necessary, the New York Times reported Friday.
Swine Flu Vaccine Program Rapidly Turning Into National Fiasco With Deadly Consequences
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:01 PM EST (The New York Times)
ATLANTA (AP) -- When the nation's swine flu vaccination program began in early October, health officials predicted it was going to be ''messy.'' They were right. The program has been plagued with problems and information gaps:
Hurricane Katrina victims win damages over flooding
Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:45 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
The US government could be vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims after a judge ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina.
Ice Age took just SIX months to arrive... not 10 years
Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:23 PM EST (the Mail online)
Previous studies have suggested the arrival of the last Ice Age nearly 13,000 years ago took about a decade - but now scientists believe the process was up to 20 times as fast.
It Doesn't Matter if a Republican or Democrat is in Office, the Hustle Remains the Same
Seeded on Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:41 AM EST (Wall Street Journal)
The financial crisis hasn't been kind to General Electric Co. Its stock has lost almost half its value, the government has stepped in to prop up its enormous financial arm, and sales have slumped in core industrial businesses.
Drilling for Scotch whiskey on frozen continent
Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 11:21 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand – A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica's ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whiskey that has been on the rocks since a century ago.
Mystery of world's worst mass poisoning solved
Seeded on Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:43 PM EST (Raw Story)
Researchers have pinpointed the source of what is probably the worst mass poisoning in history, according to a study published Sunday.
Military Stimulus?
Seeded on Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:36 PM EST (Reuters)
The defence bill President Barack Obama will sign into law on Wednesday contains a new provision that would pay Taliban fighters who renounce the insurgency, Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said on Tuesday. Pure genius...
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